C is for (Cigarette) Smoke Gets in Your Eyes

Friends in the UK used to ask me if smoking was a problem in Rome.   I always said, nope, not at all – no one smokes in restaurants and it’s not too bad on the street. Well, it turns out that I was living in some sort of fantasy Rome, where I only ever went… Continue reading C is for (Cigarette) Smoke Gets in Your Eyes

You CAN Always Get What You Want

Recently I’ve been reading a lot about the benefits of gratitude and kindness on our health, happiness and getting what you want out of life.  I used to be a bit of a Cynical Cynthia and poo-poo any hippy dippy ideas about the power of positive thinking or the law of attraction.  It was all too… Continue reading You CAN Always Get What You Want